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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1909)
'" r r t?jw f ,v i 4 U-H' J A i..W , (. 4WNPfc V:1;jilji,)v tl fc ' atL.J wrHwwfcW' ! ,$?.," 1, , mfHUrqMM .'wwTOiTOwTWlWrt. vi i jnr mnsftv. , ; .;... Vf Trrjy.V j ' K. . V . l i rm -jl . ii u l m . tbbtv -r. A X Vol. VIU. No. 92. , UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1909. H'LiL IHJl-UUg Price 5 Cent 'SWjV A jT FW ji - lW PJ ? VH tf . - n m.f . L m " -M SPTO1 PT'SSm l W H 1 i i HlMil BsV "BSsY W -" H ffiiin i k u bv ' ' . m n b bp Bsm .Bk. "IBB fev . j A .bw h. j- BBB j .a. ' " I . " ' " g ' " MMM MM M Nil TDIITH IN DFPHDT GROSS EXAGGERATION . IN VERSITY FEE STORY. UNI- PEES NOT SO HIGH AS CHARGED ONLY. $60,000 ANNUALLY IN8TEAD OF ALLEGED $100,000. Enterprising Correspondent for State Newspapers 8ent Out 8tory of University Expense Which Was Radically False. According to n story which has late ly heen published In a number of newspapers over the state, students of the university are required to pay fees aggregating over $200,000 bl-cnnl-ally for the right to receive Instruc tion In the Btato Institution. ' This statement, made in the report sup posed to present the legislative affairs of the capital, waB a gross exagger ation. Tho annual charge to students tor all fees Will total only about half tho sum mentioned by tho journalist In question. Tho story as printed In tho state papers-was evidently calculated to ox--clt feeling against the university authorities and represents but one phase of tho attack being laid in cer tain quarters on the state school. It appeared as follows under lurid head lines on the front page of one of tho "third-city" dailies, bearing a Lincoln date line: "There Is a club in soak in tho legls- lature for present and past methods at 1 the state university, which will Jar that Institution from the foundation to the dome. There is a prospect that bills will bo Introduced In the house in the early days of tho coming week which will wipe out tho olaborate sys tem of scholarship fees which has grown up in the institution with the passing years and which some claim has developed into a palpable abuse. Allege Over $200,000. "There are legislators who believe that the fees exacted at various stages of -the progress of tho student In tho state university and now aggregating tho enormous total of more than $200, 000 for each blennlum, are an unfair charge on the youth of tho state who desire an opportunity for higher edu cation and to whom In most instances tho cost of a university course Is a serious problem. Tho effort .will be made to confine all fees of the school to a single entrance fee and tho" prop er charges for books and materials which ho may thereafter obtain. It Is declared by those In charge that it Is their intention If possible to make , the University of Nebraska a free pub lic school in tho literal sense of that word, if such legislation can bo en acted. Tho feo system, which was not In tho early years a sorlous burden, has grown with tho development of i the Bchool until It Is claimed today by those entering the objection that the 'University cannot now bo considered In that category. That tho offort to enact thIsrof6rm will bring about ser ious and even fierce oppositldn is not doubted by those ready to press It, but they take the, position that tho state should ,pay all proper charges and oxpnses of tuition and they stand ready to make liberal specific appro priations to preserve to tho school Its present high standing and efficiency, without calling upon the boys and girls of Nebraska; to personally jyiy, n J'4 ! VI 1.4AVJ V14 gjV Figures, Analyzed.1. V Anpnrrllnp' in fVin - rannp t ta Mir ; intention of tho supposed reformers to 'confine all fees' to-a single entrance fnrt nnd 4s. Mt-sM nltnMrvnn lttnlrn f u w- u. j..bp iu, uuua po, -imperials wnicn no may mere- after obtain," " An analysis of tho unl- ' ? v v w , "-- ' ' '- -i vcr8tt? treasurer's report shows thai a comparatively small amount Is now taken for any -other purpose than these. Tho book Item Is not Inoluded, thnt being loft to tho student's option whether ho buya his books of tho university or of private Individuals. Tho treasurer's report gives the following totals for the various fees, all figures bolng for tho blennlum end ing Nov. 30, 1908: incidental and registration fees,$28,260 Matriculation fees 11,310 laboratory fees 35.2D3 Library foes 3,012 Diploma fees 3,700 Special examination fees 13G Fine arts' tuition foes 3,530 Law college tuition fees 15,132 Certificate fees 431 Medical college tuition 4,190 Pharmacy school tuition ' 185 Temple high school fees 52T Non-resident fees 2,100 Total $126,866 Of these fees the special examina tion fees and a large part of the regis tration fees are paid by students de linquent or tardy. Tho fees In these cases are imposed to insure punctual ity of registration and examination and are not a necessary inconvenience to the studonts. Tho non-resident fees do not bother "Nebraska boys anil girls." Every other feo save tho inci dental, library, and law college tuition falls under tho classification of "a sin gle entrance fee and proper charges for books and materials that he may there aftor obtain."- These fees aro exempted from danger at the hands of tho reformers. Thus there Is loft for them to "wipe out" only tho law, incidental, and library fees, amount ing to probably $35,000 each blennlum, which means about $5 annually to each student. A False Statement. In putting out his statement, the correspondent In question apparently took tho university "cash" Item In the treasurer's report as his basis for action. He though all this amount was duo to students' fees, whereas a large part of It comes from sales of land, milk, live stock, and other things In which the university deals as a busi ness organization. Instead of $100,000 annually, tho students pay only $60,- 000, and only $17,000 of this can by any means bo shown to bo lmld for other than ontrnnce fees and expenses of tho laboratory sort. Cure (ul de tailed analysis might even exclude a part of this amount. The bill prophesied by tho reform ists has not yet been introduced In tho state legislature. Only four days romnln for Introducing bills and noth ing has been heard of it. Whether tho reformists In a momont of clearness of head discovered thoir mistaken idea of things and docldcd not to submit their proposition is not known. In any case, they will havo to hurry if they want to pose In tho limelight this year. , REGULAR WEEKLY 8TORM. Disagreeable Weather Caused Dlscom fort on Campus. Yesterday was tho regular day for a storm and thq weather man did hot forgot to mako conditions gpnqrally disagreeable, For the fourth con secutive - week Lincoln, was "storm swept, tho regularly established In terval of Boven days between stormB bolng again maintained. A cold rain, at times turning; to show, ma'do condi tions under .foot extremo)y slushy. People who left ho'me for an early eight o'clock without coatB or um brellas found themselves soaked by tho falling dampueBs"at the noon hour and 'many preferred to-remain on tho campus and go without dinner rather than submit themselves to the ill will of the elements. i Baked b baked Qn toe .g . and Berved hot with deUcfoui brown broad. 10c. at The Boston Lunck: H'-fc ?'" "'4jrtA;' i $$ ' NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WILL PLAY FOR THE MI8SOURI VALLEY TITLE. JAYHAWKERS WIN OUT IN SOUTH Defeat Washington Five and Now Have Honors In That Dlvlslcn. Cornhuskers Lose Second Minnesota Contest. Nobraska and Kansas aro tho win nbrB in their respective sections of tho Missouri valley baskot-ball loaguo and will meet in a series of throo gamos within tho noxt two weoks to docldo tho championship or tho "Dig Seven." Kansas camo Into possession of tho honors In the southern soctibn Saturday night by defeating Washing ton university of St. Louis nt Law rence after tho Mound City players had lost two gamos to tho Missouri university quintet at Columbia on the two proceeding nights. Tho .Tuyhawk ers met Washington again last even ing at Lawrence. Before tho contest, last evening they had a record of flvo games won and two games lost. This put thorn two gaines nhead of Washington, which had won three gamos and lost four. If the Kansas flvo won the'eontest last evening they have a record of six gaines won and two lost. Nebraska annexed tho title in tho northern section last week through tho dofoat of Drake by A'mos. Three Games, for Title. A Berles of three games for tho tho championship of the leaguo will be played within the next two weeks. Tho first game will probably bo pulled off In Lincoln tho early part of next week. Tho other contosts will bo hold at Kansas City and Lawrence, each of those cities getting to boo tho cornhuskers and jayhawkerx In action In one game. Saturday night tho cornhuskor live allowed the rough gophers to tako tho second game of tho homo series by a scoro of 29 to 20. This was tho ninth successive victory that tho MIn nosotn five has won from tho Ne braska flvo within a period of. four years. Aftor tho showing of tho gophers in the contest on Friday it-was ex pected thoy would win the second game Their rough tactics wero too great a handicap for tho cornhuskers to overcome. Nebraska's play had far greater science to It than that of tho gophers. Tho northerners, though, do not caro anything about the sci ence of basket-ball. Thoy play tho game to win, and thoy do win when they meet a light team llko Nebraska. Rough Play a Feature. In both of tho contents last week they won out by roughing tho corn huBkor players. Rough play was their prophylactic for keeping Captain Walsh from tosalbg goa'ls. It was a good ono, too. The NebraskK' loader's handB wore bound during both games so BCcuroly that ho could do little more than, race around tho floor! The gophers violated tho rules of tho con test praqtlcally all the time. Tho game dn Friday night Was rough, but1 tho ond the'followlng even ing was far rougher. There was slug ging andtho ubo of bad words". Eyes woro blacked; elbows were poked Into rltyj;' players BUffored'pain. And what was the caiiBO? Therd Is only orio answer tho gophers, r Thoy wanted to win and It mattered not, hp'w they got tho game. Patterson, right forward' on the Minnesota team, was tho roughest player that has qvoV been seen on a Nobraska floor. He had great endur ance, and 'lhat made him alt the worse. -He waa n (ho game all the time and followed tho ball constantly, Ills nctlcs finally put him Into Ihu clutches of Dwlgut Boll, right guard on the Nobraska flvo, and both i my. t'l'K wore ejected from tho game. Captain Walsh and Ingorsoll piuyoil good bullgfor tho cornhuBkers, Each mmlo 'v.'o goals from tho Hold. They ofUMi bvul'o up tho gopher play.4. Hansen a 8tar. Hansen was a star for Minnesota. Ills goal toHBlng was accurate and he caged Hi & ball eight tlmcB from the hold. ' Tho line-up: Nobraska. Mlnnt-Mo'.u. WiiIbIi (Capt.) ...rf...Audorson, Pat terson Wood, WattoPB ...ir... Hansen (Capt) Polrashok ,c . . . . . Moucko Bell, Long rg. . . . . . Andorsoii, Krutchko Perry, Ingorsoll. .lg GUtmnn, ' Blanthetto OoalH from Hold: Walsh, 2; Wood, 1; Ingorsoll, 2; HnnBon, 8; Mencke, 2; Patterson, 3. Goals from fouls: Wnlsh, 10; Blanthottc, 5. Iteforco: Howltt. Umplro, Clevenger. THINK8 IT 18 TOMFOOLERY University Professor 8o Designates Legislation. That nlne-tonths of tho economic legislation accomplished by tho vari ous law making bodies of tho world Is nothing moro or less than tom foolery was tho opinion expressed yes torday by a university professor. ThTs gentleman toadies a subject which Is peculiarly subject to Interference by logal BtalutcH. Ho says that an over whelming majority of theBo restric tions do not ropresont tho common sense method of treating tho existing ovils which thoy seek to correct. "It always reminds me of a French man ea'tlng dinner," said tho profes sor In question, who has traveled ex tensively abroad." "After his dlnnor tho typical Frenchman takes a cup of coffeo. This has tho effect of stim ulating him tb an oxcltablo point, then, feeling that he has to much ox cltlahlllty about his person, the Frenchman ndds u little cognac in order to counteract tho effect of tho coffeo. This stupefies him somewhat and lid then smokes a cigarette to rldlms61f of tho sUipoilcatlon. "ThoVrenchman nets Just bb do the legislators In treating economic 'prob lems. First, thoy do something and then thoy do something oIbOj to remove tho ovil effects of the first. This is the custom prevailing Instead of tho simple process of letting the organic system take care of IjlBelf." MAY ENLARGE GERMAN CLUB Discuss Possibility of Starting a Ger ' man Maennerchor. Several Important additions are be ing seriously considered In the Ger man department with reference tb 'en larging tho Gorman club and tlio for mation of a "Maonnorchor." There liaa beoh considerable talk of enlarging tho Gorman club so as to enable nloi'o students td participate In Its benefits. This" hag not as yet been definitely decided Upon, howover. Pro fesBdr'FoBBlor also wonders how tho formation of a Germnn "Maennerchor" would strlUe the" men students of the unlvdrslty. If there Is a sufficient number to warrant tho undertaking It will -bo' done. Tho purpose of the "Maennerchor" would bo to Blng Gor man student songs similar to those that formed sudh' an attractive feature of ''Alt Heidelberg." All those who wmHtJ ho willing to join such an or ganization shbuld'drdp Professor Fos ler a csfird or speak tb him personally; Pi-ofoBsor Baumg'artner will be able to make a report of tho net proceeds of thfr German play In a day or two. Tho play was a financial success, and tho proceeds will he employed In se curing ornaments such as pictures and statuary for tho rooms of tho de tfartnioht, v an HOLD SENIOR TRV0UTS WORK BEGINS IMMEDIATELY ON ANNUAL PLAY. PICTURESQUE COMEDY SECURED PLOT CENTER8 ON CONFLICT BE TWEEN DUTY AND LOVE. Some of Best Talent In University Will Have Places on the Cast of Charles Frohman's "The Royal Family." Work lias now definitely commoncod on tho senior play. This Ih tho result of tho completion of tho tryouts which woro hold In tho Tonlo theater on TuoBdny and Saturday of last week. As thoro wero a numbor of places to bo filled tho tryouts took up consid erable timo, but thoBo in chargo con wider that, with tho prosont cast of charactora, tho play Is an nSBliro'd suc cess. Tho drama Hsolf Is ono of tho ' Btrongost Bonlor plays ovor put oni. Tho plot contors around tho feorifllct between duty nnd lovo. butycon querB and finds thnt lovo comos after all. Play Is Picturesque. A comedy throughout, tho play fs full of court costumes, military nttlro and the llko, which makes it a very plcturesquo production. Llko GniB tnrk tho scene Is laid In an obscttro and Imaginary principality of tho old world. Tho humorous Bldo of tho trials and tribulations of ruldrBhlp aro depleted with a vivid Imagination. War lu Imminent with an adjoining principality of the Imaginary namo of Kruland. Tho king and his family, advlBed by council, presB, tho princess to marry tho prince v0f this Kurland to sottlo matters, Being a woman, and a very romantic woman, tho prlncesB naturally rofiiBOs for tho ob vious reason that she has never soon him and will marry only for love. Tho old- cardinal, tho king's beBt friend, has a plan whoroby tho maiden will marry tho prlnco and that be cause she loves him. It seems that the prince had onco boon li scholar under tho Cardinal, and ho, Is now brought to thb court bV tho tta'rdlnnl Incognito, as a friend, Tho. prlnco ac- ceeuB to mis mo moro willingly be cause ho has a natural deslro to boo his future bride. Act II shows tlio de velopment of tho lovo affair, which develops rapidly, llko all story book affairs. Tho prlnco, , as Count Bernadlne, gets tho princess' consent to marry according to her father's wishes. Sho promises, thinking sho Is sacrificing her lovo for Count Bernadlne. Thoy go through a touching farewell; Im agine her joy whon at tho botrothal she finds the Crown Prlnco to bo no other than her lover Count' Berna dlne. So thoy lived happily ever after, , Cast of Characters. The cast of characters as decided upon at tho tryouts 1b as follows: ' Tho KingGuy Montgomery..' The Prince Yale Holland.' Cardinal Casono Searl Davis, Father r AnsolmVern Gettlnga. Prlnco Charts Wlnlflold GheaV Baron Hbldensen Stuart P. Dobbs.' Lord Herbert Bruco Fullerton. Lord Chamberlain Amog Thomas. 1st Ade-de-Camp Dan McCutcheori. 2d Alde-de-Cacfl Hugh Robertson. 3d Alde-do-Canlp F, M. Woller.' Secretaries ; Arthur Jones -and El mer HU. v Mr. Cobb Guy Matteson. Two Barbers Earl Wilson and C. P. Jeffords. . Angela Besso Holcombe. vjueen iouiao ategner; ' Countess. Coring Vera Fall, , Ladies Jn Waiting Fanchon Hoop er, Cqnstance Syford, Lorrano Heinple. Luoy Hewitt, Lucy Woods. $ ! This, cage waa decided upmiby eleven, judges : Professor , EilBg, Pro fessor Stuff. Prnfnnttnr VnrA " ATlaa .Pound, Miss BarnfeB, 'Miss Hewitt, mr. ,L,ong, miss uay, Air, Montgomery, Mr, Letton arid Mlsg' Howell, i : n .4 .